GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |